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intimations.

GINGER ALE.

WE

7E have always made good GINGER

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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1802.

THE clever Tamakich! trompo drew a good house at the City Hall last night, and to-night those desirous of getting soats had better go early..

TOM DAVIS, & marine employed on board the Victor Emanual, had to contribute a dollar towards the revenue of the colony this morning owing to his having been enjoying lie too freely in Queen's Road last night,

GEORGE WASHINGTON, who "never told a fle," was accused in his day of having a liaison with Madame Jumel, celebrated courtesan, who afterwards married Aaron Burr, an great a rake as ho was an eminent lawyer,

THAT eminent Judge Lord Bearfield once ad- mitted the abllliles of a criminal who was on-

In 1890 competed and won against FOUR of doubtedly an accomplished murderer, His lord- the most famed Belfast makers.

The Analyst's, raport :- "It la of unexceptionally good quality."

"Particularly pleasant to the taste."

"Decidedly tonic and sustpining"

"In every respect most satisfactory."

ARTHUR HILL HASSAL, M.D.

The Ideal temperance beverage.

DAKIN, CRUICKSHANK & Co., LD,

Victoria Dispensary, Queen's Road Central. Hongkong, 17th October, 1897.

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ship remarked "Yre clever chiel, but y'll be uase the waur of a hanglog, my man,"

TEX cultivation of sugar, remarks the Sydney Bulletin, is going on apace in Queensland among the imported Italians, three of whom visited Maryborough the other week and started crush- ing with the aid of two viollos and a harp,

ST. PETER'S SEAMEN'S CHURCH.-The Mission

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MR. WILLIAM SCHMIDT, the well known gun. smith of Queen's Road Central, called in at Mr. Wodehouse's Arbuthnot Road Chambers this morning in response to one of Her Gracious chits where in it was stated that he had assaultedy his ricksba coolle "mir ein schtick." After = brief "chin-wag" with the Magistrate Mr. Schmidt was allowed to helmgehen,

TO-DAY'S SHIPPING RETURNS,

Inward,

Hallong.......steamer, from Tamaul, Singan min.

.........sesseri Nanskan ..............................

Rio

H

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Canton. Canton. Bangkok,

Aggregating 3,647 tons, register.

Outward.

steamer, for Waha,

1

...ship

Shanghal. Stangbal. Singapore. Singapore.

H

Guthrie DSCN Maria Valeria Sacheme Faraka...............Auit, core.

Aggregating 6.559 tons, register. THE Naval Yard community is far bead of the Grast World of Hongkong society In the matter

meeting to hear privately what is being done with regard to the London Company,

This concluded the public portion of the proceedings.

THE WRECK OF THE "GRETNA,"

We are indebted to the agents, Messra, Wieler & Co., for the information that the Senior Naval Officer, Commander McLeod, this morning forwarded to them a copy of a telegram from Salgon, stating that all the missing members of the crew of the ship Gretna have safely arrived at that port, and that the vessel herself la a total 1035

THE WEST POINT SHOOTING AFFRAY.

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hours 45min, when computtag some observations of Juplier for time, my attention was drawn to the fact of the celestial phenomenon by the clash of timbrels brought into requlaltfon by the amired Celestial y consequently my calculations were brought to an abrupt termination to view sosublime sight, and the "Nauticaland Astrono mical Ephemeris consulted to reference to the Greenwich phases, and thence the local times corresponding were as follows

First Contact with the Shadow at 9 hours 46 minutes. Beginning of Total Phase 11 hours 44 minute. Middle of the Eclipse 1x hours 22. minutes and End of Total Phase was IT bourn 44 minutes. The eclipse was total 60 degrees south of Hongkong, and 119 degu. E. No great Importance may be attached to a lunar eclipto for accurate determination of longitude on account of the Indistinctness of the earth's Private Payne, of the Shropshire Lightshadow, and by using a high power telescope

affairs are still worse." Infantry, who was shot and seriously wounded on Wednesday evening last by Charles Jones, on able seaman of the American ship Charger la progressing so favourably towards recovery that it is possible be will be able to attend at

the Police Court on Wednesday next, to give evidence, together with a British man-Of-WATE

The velocity of the shadow during the phono- menen is 1060 miles per hour, sad that of the earth on the equator ro40, For the method of deducing the result, read the "New Navigation Simplified where some most inter. esting problems are given.

Imayxiate that I had no intention of sending

would be interested in the matter as well as

Your humble servant,

steam-launch Day Spring will call alone of social efforts, Two well-contested billard man, named Gale (-mployed at present at the to press the superscribed. Hellpse Notes, unti vessels hoisting code pennant C, between 9 and matches took place at the Royal Naval Yard torpedo depót, Kawiaon) who was an eye this afternoon, when I thought, same people

10.30 am, on Sunday, to convey men ashore to the 11 o'clock servics, returning about 13,30 pm Ar the Yokohama Regatta, the Kobe crew won the double sculls Just as easily as they did the four-based race, and in the pair-wars Tokobama was first and Hongkong nowhere. What has the Daily Prize as to say now about the "crocks and cripples," 7

MAILS Due:-

Singanore (lobe)

5th instant.

A. S. WATSON & CO., LD. Bombay (Borustida). Oth

SEEDS.

Canadian (E. of India) 8th English (Ganger) "American (Peru)

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of his daughter, has resolved, a Berlin corres pandent says, to pardon all female prisoners for crimes committed through distress or in unger.

last evening, when considerable sums of money changed hands; which, taking into consideration the busted up" condition of the Colony, was somewhat surn sing. The first game, of 200 up,

witness of the whole affair.

"THE FRISKEF « FASANA”

His»Imperial and Royal Avstro-Hungarian. Majesty's fiery untamed war Junk Fasana went for the poor old harmless Victor Emanuel with murderous intentions this morning, and was only driven off by a broadside volley of language, extra-proof Navy-Cut.

J. A. CLARKE.

CORRESPONDENCE.

(We do not necessarily endorse the opinions expressed by

Cornarpondents in this column.); T

"THE GREAT UNWASHED." TO THE ESITOR Or tie ** Hongrond Telpurati.” .....

directors,

ventures

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solicitor for the Hongkong Hotel Company, at the Licensing meeting on Thunday, to the effect. that the Bay View Hotel is practically run by: Me Thomas and not by me. Mr. Thomas does not manage the Hotel in any way, nor i helaterested. In it. I hold the licence, as I have ever since the hotel has been open, and I am solely responsible. No other person has anything to do with the management at all, directly or indirectly,

Your, etc.,

J. W. OSBORNE. Hongkong, th November, 1891. The statement of Mr. Hastings, which we did, not 1? Ink worth publishing, was as follows :-

"The applicant (for the "Grill" licence); Thomas, has I belleve been connected with the Bay View Hotel for some tima; 1 do not know | Whether the licence was granted in his name, but be has been connected with the house. I am informed that the Reence was given to Osborne, but practically the hotel is managed by Thomas, and that he is principally Interested in the running of it,

Hastings, solicitor, etc., was 'not aware that With regard to the foregoing rubbish, if Mr. he was deliberately lying laparder to injure 'another man's business prospects, he certainly ought to have known, and he is none the less responsible. If we were in Mr. Osborne'u. place, Mr. Hastings would be asked for public apology; blackguardiam is not licensed, even to a Hongkong.lawyer-Francis, Q.C., and Minhinnett, D 8, specially excluded-and If Mr. Hastings refused the amanie honorable, we would unhesitatingly appeal, to forcible measures. A hors-whip comes in handy at times-Ed., H.A. Telegraph]|

UR SECOND and LAST SHIPMENT

for tbls Season of VEGETABLE and now undergoing punfitment for the first time diseases the interesting question of historical Hye Hongkong with a Lig ship-a zam-bow too! trade rivals. They may be perfectly honest being exceptional-owing to specalifon.-The-- FLOWER SEEDS haring arrived we strongly advice customers (in order to prevent disappoint- ment) to book their orders at once for all Seeds required for late sowing.

This Shipment contalus many NEW KINDS highly recommended for this climate.

between Menari. Fills and James, R.M.L.I., and Messrs. Alford and Duncan of the Naval Yard Police resulting fa a victory for the Marines by 43 points. After an interval for refreshments, the cond match, for roo up, was played by Messrs. Barr and Ellis, The former (a reilrad

The Fatana, it sprears, is not the only member of the Naval Yard Police) wis beatea

LATE TELEGRAMS. by Ellis by Y3 points. The result of this can wessel in the possession of Austria-Hungary, SIR-In reference to the Licensing Justices, test was surprise to and party at lens, the land of Serene Highucases, though I think the Governor ought to be asked particu

SIMLA, October 14th as Mr. Barr was considered-to-be one of the-from-the way she is ran one would-think-the-larly to note that, at yesterday's meeting, one of

The Finance Department, in a resolution Hongkong champions; but being now proles Count tribe were new to the business. They the Justices was Mr. R. Lyall, the Secretary reviewing the working of the Mit for 1891-92, sionally engaged at the Peak and residing at may be all right at the sweating system, and of the Hongkong Hotel Company; while on that elevated locality he is out of practice we believe there are no worre Jew-tailors and the roster are the names of several others the net Imports of gold to India were much THX German Emperor, in celebration of the birth no doubt, and devotes his leisure time to better slipper-makers on earth then those who men who are interested,as-uhareholders, | against 56 in the previous year, no gold being

swarm to England from that heterogeneous or things.

or otherwise, country; hat they are not sailors, and certainly which they are supposed to judge impartially not fit to be allowed ipore in a crowded harbour and disinterestedly as agulust their own

The ambition of the Austrians was to send and upright-Mr R. Lyall, för one, is a a ship of war out to China. Somehow they good as most of them if not a great deal better: the poor old Erineral got to Japan-and stayed wrong. It comes to this--that men with their managed to get the Farang hete. Similarly but that is only a detail. The principle is there. But the Farand was not content with own money at stake are put in a position of

Her officers wanted official authority to judge between themselves to do more to return 1 We have not heard and others. They may happen to do nothing simply getting here., whether they bad any unpaid chits up North unfair, but still the principle is bad-it lays that they wanted to leave as far behind as them open to the temptation. It is no tight posible; but probably, judging from what little

that any person interested in a licensed bouie we know of their race, they never were so extra-should be a Licensing Justice. They cannot, not give them things for nothing, they went reign. At the very least, if they have not the vegant as to algu chits. When people would I suppose, be struck off the list ; but they might without, and saved the tuppence,

decency to avoid getting into such a false posi-. Then it came about that the Fasano people tlon, the Board of Justices or the Government proposed to take their anclett lugger out from could make a rule that no justice he allowed to and towage fees. They talked big about what a pecuniary bins.

"OINOPOULOS. they would do (talk is cheap, but they would not

Hongkong, 4th November 1897. Ro to the expense of advertising the performance pocol expectation. In fact, "tiptoe is not the

maller, being of the value of "24"lakha only,

tendered at the Bombay Mint for osinage during the year. The net Imports of silver also fell off from 141 lakhs to go lakhs, the previous year

nthount tendered forcoinage in Calcuttă Tell zhərt by 140 lakhs and nearly 491 lakhs in Bombay. The copper coinage, which is entirely carried ent at Calentia, was a lakh and 65 thousand, the decrease being due to smaller requirements from the Straits Schlements, Ceylon, and the British both mints for the year fell short of the expendi East Africa Company. The total revenue of

ture by Rs. 500,789, the deficit being es usual in the Calquita Mint. There were 792 cases of

convicted. The Governor-General acknowledges' the efficiency with which the Mints and Assay offences against coinage and 578 persons were

departments have been worked.

October 1stbr There are at present no less than 400 Russian

living at Meshed, Persia. Rasilan subjects are now permitted taxcquire land and house property. at Meshed, which was not the case until qulie. recently.

THE Excurial Palace in Spain contatos's catbe dial, a monastery with 200 cells, two colleges, three chapter-houses, three ilbraries and `nearly 3000 other rooms. It is lighted by 1100 anter and 1750 Inner windows, and has been fitly termed one of the great wanders of the world. HERNESS, the young seaman of the wrecked steamer Normand, who was brought on here from Amoy by the Formosa last week, leaves for his home, in Bergen, by the Denbighshire to morrow morning. Nistad, the second engineer of the Normand, is still in the Civil Hospital suffering from injuries to one of his knee-caps. This work is allke Interesting to the student He is expected to be able to proceed komó a / Pliny's authority for the statement that vinegar Hongkong under sail, and so save both caal vote on a matter in which he is likely to have abjects, chiefly Amenians from Tills and Bakt,

week or two hence.

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SIR George Bowen in a letter to The Times

scholarship, "How did Hannibal cross the Alp. ?" The question is not a new one, though the will be new to most of his readers. How did answer to it which Sir George Bowen suggests Hannibal cross the Alps? He must in some way have broken up the rocks which lay in his path, whether he crossed by the Little St. Bernard, as Sir George, follow ing Arnold, believes, or EX BOMO other point. To put it briefly, for the beacfit of the unlearned, the Canthaglalan Commander made bonfires around the rocks which he wanted to recsere, and when they were thorou bly bested poured vinegar upon them, which had the effect of shivering them into fragments, That this might have been done is certain, for we have was used for blanting purposes in Roman of botany and practical Gardener and comprises

mines. On the other hand, the inquiry suggeste a large number of Plants which for the conve- THE cricket match between the Hongkong C. Cell, how could Hannibal hire carried and the Garrison terminated this afternoon in with him-vinegar-enough for his purpose 2 nience' of reference are arranged in separate the usual unsatisfactory draw. The Club plied But suppose acetum does not mean vĺneger at periy) and all-the-nautical world was on the up a first innings of 285 (Maitland 45, not all? According to some local authorities to out, Lowson 102), against which the Garrison Savoy, where Sir George Bowen has been made a fairly good show with 202, 15 of which spending his holidays, it does not. It seems. were extras. In their second attempt the that there is a local word, acete, which really ments an axe, being apparently an unsspirated Garrison rather luckily scored 7: for the loss of two wickets. A full report of the match will form of the French Hachette and, English appear in our next iwue.

batchet. It is suggested that this word was not known to the Latin classic writer, and that te translation by the equivalent of acetic add was an ingenious but unhappy goena. Hannibal, to fact, if the bypothesis is correct, simply destroyed the obstacles to his march by the can of batchels or pickaxes.

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THRER hundred and twenty-seven trels of opluma dross were seized by Excise Officer No. 66 yesterday afternoon from a coolle who waD' carrying it along Praya West. The bearer of the illicit drug was brought before Mr. Wode house in the Hall of Justice. this morning and stated that the tona fide owner of the "stuff" would be in Hongkong in a day or two. The case was therefore adjourned itll Wednesday next, the coolle being allowed out on bail in one

urety-of-$25.

LI HAN-CHANG, at Canton, appears to be polling for a fight with the English, says the L. & C. Express, He ought to be accom- madated without delay and taken over to Calcutta to look after the ghost of his arrogant predecessor Yeb. Li Hung-Chang and Li Han- Chang, with their respective sateliken at Tientsin and Canton, treat or Consuls with the greatest contempt, comparing theta to "feather-dusters." Chi mao tan ish is the terms applied to them by the Li-ltes, and probably by others also; the term is even moze derogatory than our word chicken-hearted, THE Hongkong Amateur Dramatic Club will perform at the Theatre Royal, City Hall, on the evenings of the 12th and 15th inst, the come dies "In Honour, Bound?" and "Leg Ball," or the Vanishing Act, a local work The latter chef d'œuvra le especially suited to modern Hongkong characteristics, and cer- tainly ought to fetch the multitude. We must not omit to state' that the two pieces are now in active rehearsal under the immediate superin 14 tendence of that experienced and accomplished Thespian, Mr. Charles J. Holliday The Ones Goat presents his compliments to Mr. Holliday and regrets that the Two Dromlos are not Included in the cast of "Leg Ball" Dremo Jr. is better than nothin, and the Goat inlands to ste this show,

A. S. WATSON & CO., LD. THE HONGKONG 'DISPENSARY, ESTABLISHID A.D. 1841. Hongkong, 15th October, 1892.

The Hongkong Telegraph.

HONGKONG, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1892.

TELEGRAMS.

SERIOUS RAILWAY ACCIDENT.

LONDON, November 3rd, The night express from Edinburgh to London ran into a goods train at Think Twenty-three passengers were killed or injured.

But

SUPREME COURT: "

IN SUMMARY JURISDICTION. {Bajors Mr. H. E. Pollock, Acting Puisne Judge)

November 5th,

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LEUNG KANG CHUEN V, TUNG, PAT TING AND LO YAT.

and Mr. D'anys for the first defendent.

Yours, etc

ALLAHABAD, October 15th, Should way distrust remain in the Amli's mind regarding the sitftude of the Government of India towards his role, rays the Pioneer, It ought to be removed by the uncommonly frank. declaration-made by the Military Member of Council at the United Service Institution on Wednesday. The Government policy, General Brackenbury saldad, and maintain Afghanis fau as a strong, united, and independent power."

LONDOy, October 15, Two of the men belonging to the Thirteenth Company Army Service Corps have been. arrested. Some discontent exists in the Com pany as regards the heavy drills, but the majority of the men are indignant at the cutting of saddles and barnain. Naka

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To The Horren of vær “Honakomo Telegraph.”. word-we should say corns! The officers and

SIR-We all know what that means about men of the two German cruisers were specially eager to see the show; the Japs on board the the people who frequent Bay View, as Mr. Chishima, the whole company of the British Hastings, the lawyer, stated at the licensing fleet, and even a few Chinese gunboats rolled up meeting yesterday. Nobody ever frequente Bay in-their-thousands to get-front seats. For-it-is-View who is any worse than Mr. Hastings not every day that a 3,000 ton vessel goes through himself but we know who he is getting at

though the harbour under sat,

be dared not say it outright. I dare, if 1o, you don Editors be means-(Oh! Rotisserie 7 Certainly there are some, people no, you don't.-Ed.)

Now, does anybody know who goes to the who would, according to Me Hastings, maka any house too bad for even Hongkong to tolerate. Does this sucking Lord Chancellor the Rotisserie..who know who goes to

Yet surely the mainly keeps it alive ?

Colonel Master, the Conservative candidate, place is respectable enough, au respect able as a State Funeral,and so these awful people has been elected for Cirencester, in the place of that Mr. Hasilaga refers to cannot be very the late Liberal member Mr. Winterbotham, rowdy, even if they do intend to go to the having polled four thousand two hundred and "Griff," which they don't. But all I wish to seventy-seven votes, against four thousand two say is that the people at whom the Hongkong hundred and seventy-four polied by Mr. Harry Hotel lawyer sneers are just the very people who Lawson, the Liberal candidate,

But no more, never again 1. Yours, etc, patronize the Hongkong Hotel and its Rotisserie,Latest advices from Dahomey state that the

Hongkong, 4th November,, 1892.

HETAIRA.

- PEAK-RESIDENTS.

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French are nearing" Abomey, and have again defeated the Dahomeyant. The French last twenty four men in the engagement,

October 16th, The whole of Lord Hawke's team have started for India,

Trooper Marshall of the First Life Guarda han- been condemned to eighteen months' imprison. west, and to be dismissed from the regiment.

The Imperial Bank of Persia is issuing a siz per cent. Persian Loan of £500,000 to be guaran iced by the Customs,

Accordingly th's morning the gallant, coat. mander, Capt. Ripper, the farewell salute to be fired. The respond all sail to be made,

came in due course from the shore battery, and then the circus began. The captain shouted "Let her ip" in fluent Austrian, and she at once headed for the Praya Reclamation. There was a very light north-north-east wind, and the tide was running down, eastwards. The vessel might have got out through the Ly-ee-mun pass with the current, avoiding the crowded barbour, Bat Jack the Ripper was not a man of That sort He was going to conquer the current, and show the world what a shipload of Austrian Counts can do. First he made a beeline for H.M:S. Pallas, which was in such danger of being Judgment was delivered to-day la this action, in

paint of being let down, when suddenly the which Mr. Phillippe appeared for the plat stuffed and sunk that the boats were on the Grand Daks von Ripper yelled "Donner- vetter sarsaparilla !" and down came one of the salis.The vessel was brought round and made a rush for the Victor Emanuel.

To THB Koron or yxa “Honorowa TELEJATE” Again the fearless noble yelled “Teufelsdrank „aarsaparilia.", and more wall was taken in. We

DRAR SIR-After a very brief residence at don't know what sarsaparills had to do with the Peak, I and that one serious problem is but every time he uttered this mystle word the tiffin. Man Cannot live by breakfast alone, as men took in more sall. Perhaps they had whisky the Bible says If you have, tiffin went down intll't. The Fatama then ran amuck, going for from the Peak, it is worse than cold bolled putty. Chinein revenus launches, and went off at If you get diffis in town, it is expensive, you murder in her eye. Ultimately she was caught tangent towards the V.J. C. bath-house, with and bitched on to a friendly busy, dangerously near to the Redpols, and moored stem and stern. After lying there for an hour or two, cannot have some similar convenience ? Perhaps right across the buoy, the engineers managed they will arrangs with Thomas when he gets to fire up the fornaces with a stock of old boots, bis "Grill Room opened, which I understand and about a quarter past two she made a fresh will not be until December or even January! The proposal to reconstruct the Chartered start, under steam and sall. We watched her How is it that a public company, like the Mount Mercantile Bank a limited company is, the out, as we were afraid she would try to ram Green Ausila, under European directors and all Bombay Garette hears, diready assuming shape. Island or knock a hole in Stonecutters but that, should get left so badly in the competition The proposal is to start a new Fanic with a evidently she had taken on a Chinese pilot, for with a private venture owned by a Parsee and a capital of milles and a hair in 25 shares, she got out all right.

Chisaman? (Because Durables and Wing Kee and to offer the present shareholders the deferred. bava more business sense and more care for shCTER iheir patrons than all the public companies in Hongkong combined.-Ed.) I would also like to know why another company, the Tramway Co cannot get on better? Why should it have an ex- clusive arrangement for cheap fares in connection with the Mount Austin, tothe detriment of isown, business. Is it becaus Humphreys & Son are largely interested in the Mount Austin Hotel, and as managers of the Tram use their position for their ow advantage, to the disadvantage of shareholders and everybody else? If not, why is It?

PUNJOM MINING COMPANY, LIMITED.

NOTES ON THE ECLIPSE. November 4th, Observed the neatly total celipse of the moon, there teleg only an arc of The night was splendid, and the planets ght of about 2 or 3 of the edge visible. Jupiter and Mars outshone the lunar rays before the greatest phase took place, which was at 11 p.m., Hongkong mean ilme, or 4 days 1 hours 23 minutes G.M.T.

to know it, where is the Mount Austin P. Why are living at the Peak Hotel you can get tiffin ATHENS, October 16th. at the Vic, without extra charge. Want I want is it that setidents at the Mount Austin Hotel

with Roumania, owing to the latter power having Greece has broken off her diplomatic relations forbidden execution of the will of a Greek subject who had bequeathed a vast estate in Roumania to promote Greek industry....

BOMBAY, October 19th.

HOW LONDON, October 17th. indu

The Commission, appointed by Mr. John Morley to enquire into the cases of the evicted tenants, consists of Mr. Justice Matthew and fore other gentlemen, whom the Timer describen as having not the aligbest claim to authority. The Times doubts whether the Irish landlords ought to appear before such a bodywork

The First Life Guards whil probably be removed to Shorncliffe, and be replaced at: Windsor by the King's Dragoon Guards

LaterThe removal of the Life Guards to Shorncliffe is confirmed, for ARR

Hd Ar October 18tb

His Lordship sald-Thie is an action brought against the Po Chan shop for the sum of $100 for goods sold and delivered. The second delen dant admitted the debt, but the first delen- dast denied it... Now, it seem to me, upok consideration of the evidence, that the admissions made by the plaintiff, and the second defendant ste conclusive in favour of the first defendant upon the issue taken. They acknowledge that the contract for the sale of all the goods in ques- : not with the first defendant, and their admissions, tion was made with the second defendant and think, put the plaintiff altogether out Court against the first defendant, Atthebearing certain evidence was adduced with the object of showing that the first defendant had entered into an agreement with the plaintiff and the second defendant to take over the liability of the letter to pay this sum of $100 to the plaintiff,It seems to me, however, that such evidence was on tirely irrelevant to the issue raland between the parties as set forth in the endorsement of the writ, and wholly inconsistent with the admis sion of liability made by the second defendant A Yew days ago a pretty well-to-do Caloaman on such issue, and that I am not, therefore, at who rons a shop in Yau-ma-ti thought he wouldberty to take it into consideration as against take unto hieself a wife, so he placed an order the first defendant, even if it were worthy of for the goods wanted with an old bag of the belief. There will be judgment for the plaintif gra procuress. In due course a slashing young against the second defendant with costs, and there widow was brought to his domicile and so will be judgment for the first defendant with paid to a woman who was latroduced as the costa. mamma. "John was now happy and would be so to-day had he not caught the proverbial Tertit. His wife turned out to be under Home 'undue Influence and suddenly became

The statutory meeting of the Parfom stinlag non est. A hout was made for her and she was umoarthed in suspicioas goners,

Then Company, Limited, formed out of the wreck 4 charge was brought against all three-the fair the Punjom and Sunghie Dua Semantan Mining maid, the mamms, red the ge-between Co., was held to-day. Mr. 3. Orange presided, of obtaining $50 from the shopkeeper and there were also present Mens D. Gillies under false pretencer. The blushing trio duly and G. Fenwick, directors, R. Lyall, E. Jones appeared behind the rails of the Police Court Hughes, G. Murray Bain, W. Parlane, W. H. Rected with the bad investment were gone into B. Polishwalla, and PB, Cams, shareholder, and the case adjourned until Wednesday, A. B. Johnson, solicitor, and A. O' Drised!

Gaurdin, secretery. pending farther foquitles by Inspector Hanson.

The notice of meeting baring been read, STATISTICS show that 7,000 persona, aro_mur- dered in the Volted States every year and only Says the Oregonian of Sept. 20th-This is

The Chairman said:-Gentlemen, this meeting one murderer in filty is convicted and punished. going to be a good year for big ships. The has been called in order to comply with the announcement made some time ago that the Companies Ordinances, requiring that the first NOTWITHSTANDING the severity of the weather new British ship Mohan, of 3747 tons, was meeting of a new Company shall be held within oatalde, the Noushan, Captain J. Blackburne coming to this port was halted with delight by four months of registration. The reconstruction which arrived here today, made the roa ad every one who takes an interest in the growing of the old Company by the formation of the from Bangkok la seven days.

Importance of Portlaud as a shipping point, present Company has been carried out success AN Emergency meeting of St. John Lodge. Ne for It is well-known that one-large ship-fully-and-of-the-60,000-shares ta..bo.allotted, :cular, but a little while previous to the eclipse. An increase of two'dollarsiz not very seriousj (censored the managers- abroad and demanded

does more to adverlie a port than half $4 305 shares have been Issued and 23,911 a dozen small ones. Now comes another British Preference shares exchanged. In accordance with a power of 45, they looked enchanting, certainly, but when tacked to a tard already more strict control over the branches by the weasel which ou'ranks the Brownam both with arrangements entered into, the Company in size and carrying capacity. It is the now is in temporary possession of the falls miar. Our manager, Mr. Blamey, is on the spot British bark Somall of Liverpool, which was launched but a short time ago in Port Glasgow, putting the mine into thorough working order Scotland. The Somali is fourmasted steel and new machinery is being erected in the bark of 5300 tons set regliter. Her dimensiana meantime mining mod milling, will be continued are: Length, go feet: beam, 47 feet; depth of and the Board hopes that the avenge yield of hold, 27 feet i her groas register is 3.330 tons. the past year will be at least kept up till the The vessel was bult by Russel & Co and is new machinery is fixed and ready for working. owned by G. M. Steeves of Liverpool, She is Tala meeting being purely formal, there are no in command of Captain Reilly. The bark sailed accounts presented mar business to be trans from the shipyard August 30, and is now, at acted, but the Board would be glad if those Cardiff taking in cost for this city,

present would remain after the close of the

AN IRONCLAD ASHORE, The ironclad How has been ashore, sustain. ing severe damage. She has gone to Ferrol for repairs.

LOCAL AND GENERAL,

Hongkong, November, 1892. (Dunno Belt. ask them.Ed, HK, Tole

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THE "Douglas" dalban, Mr. John S. Lapralk. / dock this morning, when the circumstances con. į Ray, G. Holmes, R. M. Mehta, 9, B. Bhaba, M. stars, whlist Vega, the bightest alar in therto be raised during the coming winter months, three dissentients to the reconstruction scheme,

returned from a trip to Formosa by the Haloong this morning.

618, S.C., will be held in Freemasons Hall, Zetland Street, this evening, at 8.30 for 9 o'clock precisely. Visiting brethren are cordially invited. THE Agents (Messrs. Dodwell, Carlili & Ca) Inform us that the Northern Pacific Steamship Co.'s steamet: Zambest, from Hongkong and Japan ports, arrived at Tacoma, Waib, on the and inst.

CAFE Colony with i's dependencies is nearly twice as large as the United Kingdom tepops lation, sccording to the cenene of 1891, is 1,507,024, three-fourths of whom ate of the

colored race.

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Jupiter was within 20 of the earth's companion, and Mare 75 distant, the moon being in the constellation of Aries, the Bands of Orian" were conspicuous in the east, and the

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of shareholders in the superb star Sirius scintillating to a great degree

Chartered Mercantile Bank of India. London, above a mountain peak bearing S. 70 E

and Chins took place to-day, which was presided Castor and Pollux, about EN.E and Capella in

TO THE EDITOR OF THE "HONGKONG TELEGRAFIA

over by the Chalemen, MoBullen. The report In the N.E. tivalling in brilliancy the adjacent

SIR-Can sayone explain why the tram fares was unanimously approved of, there being culy or why, as the only alternative, three months | and a small committee was appointed to confer northern hemisphere, was sinking in the west,

The malady of the celestial scene was most Imposing, whilst on our terrestrial spherePay is demanded in advance? great, contrast was presented to the apparent Takes all round the Tramway Co. will with the directon thereon and to report to a posed of Mr. Samuel Mentagu, Str. A. Wilson, stillness of the celestial concave, by the din of inevitably lese, not only popularity, but what is special meeting. The commlites will be com gongs used by the Chinese to drive away a sup- possibly of greater moment, vfs, dollars Mr. Hosinque, Mr. R. Hoford, and Mr. LunaD. posed dragon about to devour our, attendant of Some of the people I have spoken to on this The Chairman slated that the London manage the midnight sky, which on this occasion, was subject will get two more coolies and get up and meat was bitmeless regarding the late frauds on most awe-inspiring. The clearness of the celes down in a chair to others It has served as the Bank, and proposed to bring new bined into tial concave was such that the satellites of Casting vote in favor of comlag down to the directorate, whose names would be submitted Jupiter weis clearly visible an ordinary blac- lower level, and others, less fortunate, will take at the next meeting. The resolutions, after a

■ panched ticket and walk down prolonged debate, aste voted. Several speakers when viewed by me in a Transit Instrument,

Yours truly, GALE PEAK RESIDENT. Hongkong, 3rd November, Bgz

MRI. HASTINGS, BOLICITOR AND

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THE CHARTERED MERCANTILE ASTRO BELABANK.

They were situated all on one side of the giant high, and moreover, when the inducement to Head Office planet, and compared with the primary they stay in that district is more than doublifal

becomas appeared like beads. The afternoon belag absurdity of the projected change beautiful and clear, I observed Jupiter apparent. at gpm on the prime vertical, with the Transit. Instrument placed. In that meridian, and at six o'clock the beautifully clear luar surface as that luminary rose to view above the mountain peaks.

APOSTLE OF TRUTHSE I had not anticipated the opposition of the

TO THE EDITOR OF Tick “Hosakola "TREBORAPIC" Moon and Earth, when observing the Inoar

DEAR SIR Allow me to, emphatically con. features, (which by the way, are not so good for contemplation, as when only hall foli), bws no 'g 'tradict the sistement made by Mr. Hastings

The Madras, Matt has the following account of the present position of affairs of the Chartered Mercantile Bank, which will be read" with Interest, and will show exactly how the Bank is skaited

That such a time-honored Institution as the Chartered Mercantile Bank of Inding: London